5th UNI World Women Conference and UNI World Congress, 14-20 June 2018, Liverpool, United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 5th ​UNI Global Union

​World Women Conference and UNI World Congress t

ook place

from the 14-20 June 2018​

with almost 2

​,​

500 top union leaders from

​more than 110 different countries ​

around the world meeting at the

​ ACC Centre in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

​The theme of the Conference was "MAKING IT HAPPEN" and 

​featured ​

speakers such as:

• Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party
• Reverend John W. Barber II, President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach
• Dilma Rousseff, Former President of Brazil
• Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TU
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2018 is a year of milestones – 150 years since the founding of the British TUC, 100 years since suffrage in the UK and the birth of Nelson Mandela, 10 years on from Liverpool winning European Capital of Culture, and 70 years since the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2018 also marks the year that UNI comes of age – 18 years from its founding in 2000, UNI has grown in to a global organisation with an international remit and world.

“Together we have dared to dream and turned UNI into an organisation that inspires others”, said UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings. “18 years later, we have grown in to a powerhouse in the global union movement, but our values remain the same – give workers a seat at the table, change the rules of the game, break through and make it happen.”

​The ​

UNI Global Union’s World Congress

​aims to ​

building a Congress that motivates, moves and demonstrates our determination to grow 

​our​

unions and break through for workers. 

​85 trade union leaders from UNI Malaysia participated at the UNI World Congress at Liverpool.

​UNI MLC congratulates the newly elected President of UNI Global Union, Bro. Ruben Cortina, an Argentina trade union stalwart​, Sis. Christy Hoffman, newly elected General Secretary and Sis. Alke Boessigner, newly elected Deputy General Secretary of UNI Global Union.

During the Congress, Datuk Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal, President of UNI MLC was elected as a titular member of the UNI World Executive Board and Bro. Mohd Effendy bin Abdul Ghani, General Secretary of UPCW - UNI MLC was elected as a 1st substitute and Bro Law Kiat Min from Sarawak Banking Employees Union was elected as a 2nd substitute.

Sis. Margaret Chin and Sis. Catherine Jikunan from SBEU was elected as a 2nd substitute in the UNI World Women Committee.